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Proverbs 7:3
3Keep it always in front of you. Think about my message all the time, as if you have written it on your heart.
Proverbs 7:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
- New International Version (NIV)Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
- English Standard Version (ESV)bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Bind them on your fingers; Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Context of Proverbs 7:3
1My child, remember what I say. Keep my commands in your mind. 2Obey my commands, so that you live well. Keep my teaching safe. It is as valuable as your own eyes. Keep it always in front of you. Think about my message all the time, as if you have written it on your heart. 4Love wisdom in the same way that you love your sister. Be very careful to understand what is right. 5If you do that, it will keep you safe from sin. You will not agree to sleep with an adulteress or a prostitute when she speaks sweet words to you.
Read all of Proverbs 7Proverbs 7:3 word by word
קָשְׁרֵ֥ם עַל־אֶצְבְּעֹתֶ֑יךָ כָּ֝תְבֵ֗ם עַל־ל֥וּחַ לִבֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 7:3
- Proverbs 3:3Keep hold of faithful love. That will be like a beautiful necklace that you always wear. Think about what it means to love other people.
- Proverbs 6:21Keep their teaching in your thoughts. Keep it as near to you as a necklace that you wear.
- Deuteronomy 6:8Tie them as signs on your arms and on your heads, so that you remember them.
- Deuteronomy 11:18Continue to think carefully about these commands in everything that you do. Tie them as signs onto your hands so that you remember them. Also tie them around your heads.
- Isaiah 30:8Go and write this message down for them to see. Yes, write it in a book so that it will always be there to read. In the future, it will always show what is true.
- Jeremiah 17:1‘The people of Judah love to do bad things. Their sins are deep inside them. It is like they are written on their hearts and on the horns of their altars. They are written with an iron pen. Nobody can remove the list of their sins.
- Jeremiah 31:33‘Yes, I will make a new covenant with Israel's people at that time. It will be like this: I will put my law deep inside them, in their hearts and minds. I will be their God, and they will be my people.’ That is what the Lord says.
- 2 Corinthians 3:3It is clear that you are a like a letter that Christ himself has written. We are the people who brought God's message to you. Now people see what God has done in your lives. That is like a letter that they read. But it is not a letter written on paper with ink. It is the Spirit of the living God who wrote it. He did not write it on pieces of stone. Instead, he wrote it deep inside you.
Commentaries on Proverbs 7:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Bind them upon thy fingers - See on Proverbs 3:3; (note).Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The Old Testament uses the phrase "tie them to your fingers" as a reminder to remember important things, especially God's commands (Deuteronomy 6:8; 11:18). The New Living Translation's "write them deep within your heart" reflects the Hebrew saying write them on the tablet of your heart (see also Proverbs 3:3). Only obedience that comes from the heart will endure.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271-4. Similar calls (Pr 3:1-3; 4:10, &c.).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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